Director:Nikolaus Stein von Kamienski
Performer:Ulrich Tukur Tim Borgmann Ralf Dittch Patrick Molleken
Erwin Rommel was Germany's most famous general in World War II and his most beloved general. Anyone with a little knowledge of world military history will know his famous nickname - "Desert Fox". Due to his series of astonishing achievements in the North African desert (Rommel led two divisions in North Africa in just 2 weeks, it took only 2 weeks for the British army to lose all the gains made in the previous 2 months) and the crazy publicity by the German and allied media, during his lifetime He has become a legendary soldier and an idol among Germans. After the outbreak of World War II, Rommel was highly regarded as one of the commanders of the German High Command. In February 1940, he was appointed commander of the 7th Armored Division and presented with the book "Me Struggle". From May to June, during the German blitzkrieg war of aggression in Western Europe, Rommel commanded the 7th Armored Division to rush to the front, first conquering Belgium, then Stuttgart, Somme, and finally the west coast. It was called the "Devil's Division" ". In February 1941, Rommel was appointed commander of the "German Army" and went to North Africa to rescue the defeated Italian army. After arriving at the front line in Tripoli, North Africa, he immediately conducted a reconnaissance flight and came to the conclusion that "offense is the best defense." So he changed the "hold the defense line" order and directed his armored troops to brave the desert storm and advance at full speed. The British army was caught off guard and retreated steadily. The German army went straight to Suez. Rommel became famous as a result, earned the nickname "Desert Fox", and was promoted to marshal. Later, the main force of the German army was contained in Sud and Germany and refused to send troops to assist the North African front line. As a result, Rommel had to stop the offensive and defend at Aleman. In November 1942, Rommel, with only 50,000 troops and 550 tanks, fought against 195,000 troops and 1,029 tanks in the Aleman region, but was ultimately defeated due to being outnumbered. In March 1943, Rommel was recalled to the German camp. In July of the same year, he was transferred to the commander of Army Group "B" of the Army in Northern Italy. From December 1943 to July 1944, he led Army Group "B" to organize defense and commanded the resistance to the Normandy landing campaign. Subsequently, an assassination attempt occurred in Germany, in which Rommel was implicated. On October 14, 1944, due to force, he committed suicide in a car by taking poison. It was announced that "Field Marshal Rommel died of a stroke on the way."